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Court Rules That Medical Marijuana Card Holders Can’t Buy Firearms

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The 9th circuit makes another controversial ruling.

If you have a medical marijuana card, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says that you can't buy a gun.
The court ruled 3-0 on Wednesday that a ban preventing medical marijuana card holders from purchasing firearms is not in violation of the Second Amendment, the Associated Press reports. There are nine western states under the appeals court's jurisdiction, including Nevada, where the case originated.


Link:
Medical Marijuana and Gun Laws Collide | Fortune.com


Thoughts?
 
Ah yes, the raging alcoholic that drinks a fifth a night of whiskey is perfectly fine to keep his constitutional rights, but the grandpa that has a prescription for cannabis from his doctor to treat his glaucoma doesn't. What about the people on prescription opioids? Also fine to tote, right? I hope this gets struck down by a higher court as it's obviously a crock of ****.
 
Ah yes, the raging alcoholic that drinks a fifth a night of whiskey is perfectly fine to keep his constitutional rights, but the grandpa that has a prescription for cannabis from his doctor to treat his glaucoma doesn't. What about the people on prescription opioids? Also fine to tote, right? I hope this gets struck down by a higher court as it's obviously a crock of ****.

LMAO one of those is probably a horrible example you gave BUT I still agree with your premises and point 100%
(im just saying i read your 2nd example has "high old man who is going blind cant buy a gun" and I thought that maybe a good reason :lol: buuuuuut thats besides your point. The point is the card alone should NOT be a reason to trample rights and i agree)
 
The 9th circuit makes another controversial ruling.

If you have a medical marijuana card, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says that you can't buy a gun.
The court ruled 3-0 on Wednesday that a ban preventing medical marijuana card holders from purchasing firearms is not in violation of the Second Amendment, the Associated Press reports. There are nine western states under the appeals court's jurisdiction, including Nevada, where the case originated.


Link:
Medical Marijuana and Gun Laws Collide | Fortune.com


Thoughts?

My thoughts are its complete crap, the card along should never be a reason to trample on rights and in this case its totally discriminatory in the way its applied wit no real legal standing of scrutiny.
 
LMAO one of those is probably a horrible example you gave BUT I still agree with your premises and point 100%
(im just saying i read your 2nd example has "high old man who is going blind cant buy a gun" and I thought that maybe a good reason :lol: buuuuuut thats besides your point. The point is the card alone should NOT be a reason to trample rights and i agree)

Lol, I didn't look at it from that perspective, but just insert any of the dozens of conditions cannabis treats. No doubt though many of the same conservatives who preach the absolute sanctity of the 2nd amendment will come by and tell us why this is different and ok.
 
The 9th circuit makes another controversial ruling.

If you have a medical marijuana card, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says that you can't buy a gun.
The court ruled 3-0 on Wednesday that a ban preventing medical marijuana card holders from purchasing firearms is not in violation of the Second Amendment, the Associated Press reports. There are nine western states under the appeals court's jurisdiction, including Nevada, where the case originated.


Link:
Medical Marijuana and Gun Laws Collide | Fortune.com


Thoughts?


edited: need to look into this more

I agree it is unreasonable for a state that legalized pot for recreational use, such as Nevada, to deny a gun permit in that state. But if they are going to invoke the "law of the land" of the 2nd, it would seem they would have to also follow that it's unconstitutional for states to nullify federal laws.

Solution: we have to get pot federally legalized. Problem solved. Until then, it's the law.
 
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just another infringement upon the 2nd Amendment ............ bad .........
 
The 9th circuit makes another controversial ruling.

If you have a medical marijuana card, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says that you can't buy a gun.
The court ruled 3-0 on Wednesday that a ban preventing medical marijuana card holders from purchasing firearms is not in violation of the Second Amendment, the Associated Press reports. There are nine western states under the appeals court's jurisdiction, including Nevada, where the case originated.


Link:
Medical Marijuana and Gun Laws Collide | Fortune.com


Thoughts?

The ninth? They are fully in the grip of liberal overshoot.
 
Broad brush laws are suspect. Many gun owners may, or may not, obtain a MM card at any time, use prescription drugs, or drink at their leisure. But we also have to ask why a person obtained a MM card? Are they i.e. depressed?
The real question should be, how do we narrow down a law to be fair without trampling on individual rights?
 
The 9th is the poster child for why having the correct SCOTUS appointments is the only real protection we left for our personal freedom and liberty - yet another vivid example of why many people held their nose and pulled the lever for Trump.
 
I had a friend tell me that he was denied life insurance because he said he smoked weed.

So there are consequences, fair or not.
 
Nevada's lege had the right to make the law.

The 9th has the right to uphold it.

SCOTUS has the right to overturn it, and I am not sure if it will.
 
Nevada's lege had the right to make the law.

The 9th has the right to uphold it.

SCOTUS has the right to overturn it, and I am not sure if it will.

I would have to agree with you on this.
 
The 9th circuit makes another controversial ruling.

If you have a medical marijuana card, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says that you can't buy a gun.
The court ruled 3-0 on Wednesday that a ban preventing medical marijuana card holders from purchasing firearms is not in violation of the Second Amendment, the Associated Press reports. There are nine western states under the appeals court's jurisdiction, including Nevada, where the case originated.


Link:
Medical Marijuana and Gun Laws Collide | Fortune.com


Thoughts?

That's actually not controversial and is one of the reasonable rulings of the 9th Circus.

ATF: Illegal to sell guns to med marijuana users - US news - Crime & courts | NBC News
 
The 9th circuit makes another controversial ruling.

If you have a medical marijuana card, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says that you can't buy a gun.
The court ruled 3-0 on Wednesday that a ban preventing medical marijuana card holders from purchasing firearms is not in violation of the Second Amendment, the Associated Press reports. There are nine western states under the appeals court's jurisdiction, including Nevada, where the case originated.


Link:
Medical Marijuana and Gun Laws Collide | Fortune.com


Thoughts?

A beautiful example of how ignorance and superstition drive the judicial process.

It doesn't matter to the court that every study ever conducted, even by the US government more than a century ago, that the findings of DEA Administrative Law Judge Francis Young found that marijuana is the "safest therapeutic substance known to man", the court comes up with this nonsense. Yes, we have the government we deserve.
 
This isn't a 2nd amendment case. This is the federal law that anyone taking a controlled substance is not allowed to own a gun.
In court the state law will get tossed every time. The 9th court actually ruled correctly on is one.
 
I haven't read it, but it sure seems ridiculous. But then, it may be the policy defended that is ridiculous than the decision itself. They cannot say "well, I think this policy is stupid so....unconstitutional!"

If people who buy alcohol can own firearms, let alone people with DUIs or other alcohol-related charges, then why the hell shouldn't medical pot users be allowed?



It's the drunks who get violent, anyway.
 
Lol, I didn't look at it from that perspective, but just insert any of the dozens of conditions cannabis treats. No doubt though many of the same conservatives who preach the absolute sanctity of the 2nd amendment will come by and tell us why this is different and ok.


Interesting.. as a conservative.. I would say that its complete BS.. and that having a medical marijuana card should not preclude you from buying a firearm. or owning a firearm.

Further.. its an example of why registration is a bad idea.. because now if you own a registered firearm.. AND you have a medical marijuana card.. you can be targeted by the government and may have to choose between your medicine and your granddad's old .22.


Perhaps the left who so fully support gun registration, and universal background checks to buy firearms ..and claim its only going to be used to stop violent criminals from getting firearms can come by and tell us why its okay.
 
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This isn't a 2nd amendment case. This is the federal law that anyone taking a controlled substance is not allowed to own a gun.
In court the state law will get tossed every time. The 9th court actually ruled correctly on is one.

I respectfully disagree.

Its a perfect example of how anti gun people want to use the law to restrict gun use to people that ARE NOT convicted violent criminals.

Over and over.. we are told.. "these restrictions.. background checks, etc are "reasonable" and are only designed to keep violent criminals from getting firearms. Why are you against that"

And when we gun owners say "well.. it can be used to restrict all sorts of citizens".. we are told "phsaw.. that's just crazy talk".

Well here it is... if you have a medical card.. you are not allowed to own or purchase firearms. AND that's why this went to court..
 
I respectfully disagree.

Its a perfect example of how anti gun people want to use the law to restrict gun use to people that ARE NOT convicted violent criminals.

Over and over.. we are told.. "these restrictions.. background checks, etc are "reasonable" and are only designed to keep violent criminals from getting firearms. Why are you against that"

And when we gun owners say "well.. it can be used to restrict all sorts of citizens".. we are told "phsaw.. that's just crazy talk".

Well here it is... if you have a medical card.. you are not allowed to own or purchase firearms. AND that's why this went to court..

Disagree all you want. Won't make it true.
It has nothing to do with anti gun people.

If he didn't have the medical card he would be ok. Using or possessing a controlled substance by federal law
Forbids you from owning a firearm.

The atf even clarified it further.

You want to shoot a gun don't use controlled substances.
Makes sense.
 
The 9th circuit makes another controversial ruling.

If you have a medical marijuana card, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says that you can't buy a gun.
The court ruled 3-0 on Wednesday that a ban preventing medical marijuana card holders from purchasing firearms is not in violation of the Second Amendment, the Associated Press reports. There are nine western states under the appeals court's jurisdiction, including Nevada, where the case originated.


Link:
Medical Marijuana and Gun Laws Collide | Fortune.com


Thoughts?

Makes no sense. There is something that comes with being granted "rights". You need to accept the responsibility for using those rights without breaking laws or infringing on the rights of others, to name 2.

This is no different than booze or cold medicine. Don't handle firearms when you are UI.
 
Disagree all you want. Won't make it true.
It has nothing to do with anti gun people.

If he didn't have the medical card he would be ok. Using or possessing a controlled substance by federal law
Forbids you from owning a firearm.

The atf even clarified it further.

You want to shoot a gun don't use controlled substances.
Makes sense.

Booze and cigarettes are "controlled substances". So are some cold medicines these days. I agree that no one should handle a firearm, drive a car, or do anything else dangerous while impaired. One's ability to become impaired does not make one permanently impaired and it certainly doesn't give the state the authority to revoke rights under the law.

Stupid rule.
 
Booze and cigarettes are "controlled substances". So are some cold medicines these days. I agree that no one should handle a firearm, drive a car, or do anything else dangerous while impaired. One's ability to become impaired does not make one permanently impaired and it certainly doesn't give the state the authority to revoke rights under the law.

Stupid rule.

You can get in huge trouble if you are shooting a gun and drunk.
But these are controlled one substances.

It isn't that state revoking rights. This is the atf and the federal government.
 
You can get in huge trouble if you are shooting a gun and drunk.
But these are controlled one substances.

It isn't that state revoking rights. This is the atf and the federal government.

I think you mean "schedule 1".

That's true, but everything mentioned is "controlled" and mind altering, even tobacco.

Here we are, where conservatives side with the 9th circuit about something before I do.

I think most of us are in agreement that weed should not be schedule 1 anyway.
 
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